A.P. MIROSHNICHENKO, N.S. KHRAPPO, L.V. SOLOVYEVA

Samara State Medical University, 89 Chapaevskaya St., Samara, Russian Federation, 443099

Miroshnichenko A.P. — PhD (Medicine), Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology named after Academician I.B. Soldatov, tel. (846) 276-78-45, e-mail: entsamara@gmail.ru

Khrappo N.S. — DM, Professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology named after Academician I.B. Soldatov, tel. (846) 276-77-71, e-mail: entsamara@gmail.ru

Solovyeva L.V. — post-graduate student of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology named after Academician I.B. Soldatov, tel. +7-905-303 62-64, e-mail: s-amor@inbox.ru

The article presents the results of a survey of 100 patients with pathology of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses — the curvature of the nasal septum and acute purulent sinusitis, who did not complain of lacrimation. In these 2 groups of patients, the functional study of lacrimal passages using nasal samples was performed. The time of the appearance of the colorant — Collargol — on a cotton pellet was estimated, entered into the lower nasal passage. The data were collected on the low specificity of this investigation method of the pathology.

Key words: lachrymal passage, pathology of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, nasolacrimal test.

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